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Reflections on Trusting Trust (1984)

33 pointsby joaojeronimoover 10 years ago

3 comments

infinity0over 10 years ago
David A. Wheeler’s Page on Fully Countering Trusting Trust through Diverse Double-Compiling (DDC) - Countering Trojan Horse attacks on Compilers<p><a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/trusting-trust/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dwheeler.com&#x2F;trusting-trust&#x2F;</a><p>First step:<p><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.debian.org&#x2F;ReproducibleBuilds</a>
rpdillonover 10 years ago
Thompson&#x27;s conclusion that compromising computer systems is no more amazing than driving drunk surprises me. I must have missed that in prior readings.
dangover 10 years ago
Looks like the last significant discussion was 3 years ago, so have at it.<p><a href="https://hn.algolia.com/?q=reflections+on+trusting+trust#!/story/forever/0/reflections%20on%20trusting%20trust" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?q=reflections+on+trusting+trust#!&#x2F;st...</a>